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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



Localities. 



Range in 



Depth: 



Fathoms. 



Nature op the Sea- 

 Bottom. 



CRYPTOZONIA. 



ASTERIID&. 



Asterias, Linnet 



Subgen. Stolasterias, Sladen. 



*A. (S.) calamaria, Gray, sp. 



*A. (S.) eustyla, Sladen 



*A. (S.) gemmifera (VaL, M.S.), ) 

 Perrier, sp. . . . j 



*A. (S.) glacialis, O. F. Miiller, 

 sp. .... 



*A. (S.) stichantha, Sladen . 



*A. (S.) tenuispina, Lamarck, sp. -' 



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*A. (S.) vohellata, Sladen 



Asterias (not classified in subgenera). 

 A. acervata, Stimpson 

 A. acutispina, Stimpson 

 A. eequalis, Stimpson 

 A. alba, Bell , 



A. angulosa, Perrier . 



Mauritius; S. and S.E. Aus- 

 tralia ; Tasmania ; New 

 Zealand. 



Off Nightingale Island (Tris- 

 tan da Cunha group). 



Chili ; Fiji Islands. 



Finmark ; Iceland ; European 

 coasts ; Mediterranean ; 

 Azores ; Canary Islands ; 

 Cape Verde Islands. 



S. of Japan. 



Mediterranean ; Madeira ; 

 Azores ; Canary Islands ; 

 Cape Verde Islands ; Ber- 

 muda ; Abrolhos reefs. 



Off Zebu (Philippine Islands). 



Bering Strait. 



Island of Ousima. 



Monterey (California). 



Sandy Point (Strait of Magellan). 



Alligator reefs ;^\ Strait of 

 Florida.' 



0-38 



100-150 



0-66 



345 



0-174 



95 



5-15 



7-10 

 85-110 



Coral reefs. 



Green mud. 



(i) 



(2) 



(3) 



<*) 



(5) 



(6) 



0) 



Clean gravelly bottom. 



Dead acorn shells. 



(S) 

 (9) 



(10) 



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(12) 



